Toy



P. PIERCE.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED APRLB. I919.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

/NVENTOH ATTORNEY PERCY PIERCE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,558.

.vented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates .to an aerial toy in the form of an aeroplanedesigned to be propelled through the air by means of a sling shot orlike device.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy of this character ofsimple construction, easily operated by a child, and one which ma beadjusted so as to describe loops in the air as is frequently done byaviators.

The preferred form of the invention 18 illustratively exem lified in theaccompanying drawing, in w ich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toyaeroplane associated with a sling shot;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the means for attaching thekeel to the rear plane;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modified form of attaching thekeel to the rear plane and Fig. 4 is a similar view of a still furthermodified form of keel attach-' ment.

The body of the toy comprises a strand of flexible material such as awire 10 having a hook 11 rovided at one end thereof to be engaged y thecord or rubber band 12 on the sling shot 13 and a hook or curved portion10 at the other handhold in operation. Attached to the strand 10 is arear plane 14 and a front plane 15, the rear plane being of greaterlength than the front plane. Intermediate the planes 1 1 and 15 thestrand or body portion 10 is bent as indicated at 10 whereby the planeswill be at an angle to each other, so that as the toy is projectedthrough the air it will describe a loop, or turn completely aboutitself, at a certain point in its trajectory. The flexibility of thestrand 10 permits the angle or bend 10 to be of any desired size withincertain limits, so that the angle of incidence of the planes may bevaried.

Attached to the device below the rear plane is a keel 16 which may besecured under the plane either in the manner shown end to provide a inFig. 2 or in the manner shown in Figs. 3 or 4. The keel is wedge shaped,being of greatest width at the top. In the form of construction shown inFig. 2 the upper part of the keel is covered by a web of metal 17, thesides of which are bent over the sides of the widened portion of thekeel, the metal being attached to the keel by eye lets 18. The undersideof the plane 14 is provided with a'jmetal plate 19, the edges 20 ofwhich may be crimped and overlap the upper face ,of the plane atopposite sides whereby the plane is held in position. The strand 10rests on the top of the wider end of keel 16 and is tightly securedthereto by the metal web '17. The narrow horizontal part of the web 17which overlies the wire 10 is attached to the under face of the metalplate 19 by soldering, spot welding, or in any other suitable manner.

desired the horiz'lontal portion of the metal web 17 may be providedwith slots or cutout portions 21 at each end thereof so that to theupper face of the metal web 17 but also to the wire strand 10.

In the modified form of Fig. 3, the rivets 18 are omitted, and one partof the web 17 is ,provided with a tongue or elongation 17 which may belapped over the outer face of one part of the metal web 17 lyingadjacent the side of the keel 16. The construction of Fig-.3 is quite assecure as that of Fig. 2 and-is cheaper and possibly somewhat moresightly. In other respects the two methods of attaching the partstogether are alike.

In Fig. 4 the keel is provided with perforations 17 and struck up fromone side of the web 17 are teats or tongues 17 which pass through theperforations and are bent or clenched down against the outer face of theweb on the opposite side to that from which the tongues are struck up.

In operation the rubber band 12 of the sling shot which is held in onehand, is engaged with the hook 11, the band 12 tensioned, the toy beingheld by the hook 10 or the keel 16, in the other hand and quicklyreleased whereby the toy will be shot or projected through the air andin the course of its trajectory will make a loop, the point at whichthis is done and the extent of the loop being dependent partly upon theforce with which. the toy is propelled and partly upon the angle betweenthe front and rear planes.

What I claim is 1. An aerial toy in the form of an aero plane,comprising a body portion consisting" of a flexible Wire, planes havingmetal plates at the bottom thereof attached to said Wire, the edges ofsaid metal plates overlapping the upper faces of the planes at oppositesides thereof, and a of said planes.

7 2. An aerial toy in the form of an aeroplane, comprising a flexiblestrand, planes attached to said strand at anangle to each other, a metalWeb attached to and under one of said planes and through which Web aportion of the flexible strand extends, and a lreel secured in said Web.

keel secured below one rial embracing a portion of said keel and havingtongues extending from one side of the Web passing through perforationsin the keel and clenched down on the other side of the Web.

In testimony whereof l have afiixed my signature in presence of tWoWitnesses.

PERGY PIERCE. Witnesses:

O'rro h KUNK, CLARrcE FRANCE.

